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The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Kindle Edition

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#1 New York Times Bestseller

"Amy Schumer's book will make you love her even more. For a comedian of unbridled (and generally hilarious) causticity, Schumer has written a probing, confessional, unguarded, and, yes, majorly humanizing non-memoir, a book that trades less on sarcasm, and more on emotional resonance." —Vogue

"The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo is an alternatingly meditative, sexually explicit, side-splittingly hilarious, heart-wrenching, disturbing, passionately political, and always staggeringly authentic ride through the highs and lows of the comedic powerhouse's life to date." —Harper's Bazaar

"This is your happy hour with Amy Schumer...It's Bossypants meets Trainwreck meets your long weekend." —TheSkimm

“Amy’s got your back. She’s in your corner. She’s an honesty bomb. And she’s coming for you.”
—Actress Tilda Swinton and Trainwreck co-star

The Emmy Award-winning comedian, actress, writer, and star of Inside Amy Schumer, Hulu's Life & Beth, and the acclaimed film Trainwreck has taken the entertainment world by storm with her winning blend of smart, satirical humor. Now, Amy Schumer has written a refreshingly candid and uproariously funny collection of (extremely) personal and observational essays.

In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy mines her past for stories about her teenage years, her family, relationships, and sex and shares the experiences that have shaped who she is—a woman with the courage to bare her soul to stand up for what she believes in, all while making us laugh.

Ranging from the raucous to the romantic, the heartfelt to the harrowing, this highly entertaining and universally appealing collection is the literary equivalent of a night out with your best friend—an unforgettable and fun adventure that you wish could last forever. Whether she’s experiencing lust-at-first-sight while in the airport security line, sharing her own views on love and marriage, admitting to being an introvert, or discovering her cross-fit instructor’s secret bad habit, Amy Schumer proves to be a bighearted, brave, and thoughtful storyteller that will leave you nodding your head in recognition, laughing out loud, and sobbing uncontrollably—but only because it’s over.

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"Schumer shuts it down. Be like Schumer." (Buzzfeed)

"...we knew [The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo] was going to be good. And boy, did she deliver. Sprinkled with her famous humor, Schumer's book provides comical anecdotes that makes it feel like you're chatting with your bestie while downing a pint of ice cream and bottle of wine (yes, both at the same time), while also touching on some very intimate and dark moments that may raise your eyebrows in a different way than you're used to when it comes to Schumer." (E!, Online)

"[Amy Schumer's] prose, like her popular comedy act, is plucky, forthright, hilariously raunchy—and honest. Amid ill fated dates, alcohol induced blackouts, and late night eating binges, Schumer, in these candid, well crafted essays, wears her mistakes "like badges of honor."" (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review)

"Amy Schumer's book will make you love her even more. For a comedian of unbridled (and generally hilarious) causticity, Schumer has written a probing, confessional, unguarded, and, yes, majorly humanizing non memoir, a book that trades less on sarcasm, and more on emotional resonance." (Vogue)

"[An] excellent new essay collection... [The book] is, contrary to the postmodern parfait that is Schumer’s standard act, decidedly un layered. It is Schumer, the celebrity, shedding Schumer, the schtick. It is a memoir that is also an unapologetic paean to self love. In that, The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo finds a new way for Schumer to be radical: It treats feminine self confidence not in the way it is too often regarded, as a BrainyQuotable truism or an inborn gift or a fuzzy aspiration or, indeed, a source of shame, but rather as a skill like any other—something that is developed and worked at and thus, most importantly, earned... Schumer’s stories are really, particularly good." (The Atlantic)

"The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo is an alternatingly meditative, sexually explicit, side splittingly hilarious, heart wrenching, disturbing, passionately political and always staggeringly authentic ride through the highs and lows of the comedic powerhouse's life to date." (Harper's Bazaar)

"Beyond the many powerful and empowering takeaways of The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo—from loving the hustle to self love—perhaps the must overlooked is that of a woman's right to not only make mistakes, but to make art out of them." (Salon.com)

"If you find yourself feeling guilty for laughing at her pain, just keep in mind she's probably laughing with you, unapologetically, in true Amy Schumer fashion." (Vulture)

"This is your happy hour with Amy Schumer. You'll get everything from tips on how to be a standup comedian, to the story of her one one night stand. It's "Bossypants" meets "Trainwreck" meets your long weekend." (TheSkimm)

"A poignant yet shockingly amusing book." (Lena Dunham Lenny)

"[Schumer is] a concert pianist of comedy: keeping a steady rhythm of jokes with her left hand, adding deeply political, immensely feminist flourishes with her right... [She] knows what people want her for: she knows they like her jokes, and her delivery, and her vulnerability. But she also knows what she wants them for: to read, to listen, and to understand the world as she sees it. And she might end up changing it a little before she's done." (The Pool (UK))

"Schumer chronicles her life with digestible stories that impart powerful messages through a kind of logic of the opposite: she makes mistakes so that we can learn from them." (RollingStone.com)

"Surprisingly moving and unsurprisingly hilarious." (Esquire)

"Schumer keeps it real in The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo. [She] is a talented storyteller... Readers will laugh and cry, and may put the book down from moments of honesty that result in uncomfortable realistic details from her life. More important, the essays challenge readers to harness their own stories and rest in the fact that they’re good enough. Experience the world. Be bold. Love your body. It’s OK to fail and make mistakes. And lower back tattoos can only make you stronger." (Associated Press)

"The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo is laugh out loud funny when Schumer wants it to be...but more often, it’s surprisingly honest and raw... If you’re here for humor, of course, you won’t be disappointed...But on the whole, this book is far less a portable joke factory than it is a real, deep dive into Schumer’s life, and what it’s like to be an imperfect woman and content and proud of yourself despite that." (Entertainment Weekly)

"What [Schumer] offers here is a better, more deeply felt life so far book than most I've read...Schumer weaves a brave, vulnerable tale without falling into the usual celebrity traps of neediness and defense." (The Chicago Tribune)

"Schumer takes her readers through reminiscences by relating events that have most likely happened to all of us, and she engages readers, shedding new light on her motives and practices…A hilarious and effective memoir from a woman with zero inhibitions." (Kirkus Reviews)

"Amy Schumer bares her soul in The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo." (NPR)

"Schumer is revealing and vulnerable, but it's her willingness to be unapologetically herself that makes the book such a wonderful and engaging read." (The AV Club)

"A hilarious and deeply emotional book." (Cosmopolitan.com)

"The comedian's essay collection isn't just bitingly funny—it's also raw, honest, and often heartbreaking. We dare you to walk away without even greater understanding and respect for Schumer." (Entertainment Weekly's "Must List")

"Some of the prose...could rival Oliver Sacks or Paul Kalanithi. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo would still be a success if it wasn't funny, because it is so unashamed and human." (The Guardian (UK))

"This book is what a selection of personal essays and letters should be, witty, sometimes casual, sometimes achingly sad but always entertaining. This rich, unashamed and slightly strange book should be on your shelf if you have ever wanted to be inside Amy Schumer's head." (Funny Women)

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Amy Schumer has become one of the most influential figures in the entertainment industry as a stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director. Her smash hit television series, Inside Amy Schumer, has won a Peabody Award, a Critics’ Choice Television Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She wrote and starred in her first feature-length film, Trainwreck, which dominated the 2015 summer comedy international box office and was nominated for two Golden Globes and won both the Critics’ Choice Award for “Best Actress in a Comedy,” and a Hollywood Film Award for “Comedy of the Year.” She earned a 2018 Tony nomination for her performance in Meteor Shower on Broadway and starred in the 2018 summer hit I Feel Pretty. As a stand-up comedian, she continues to perform to sold-out audiences around the world. Her 2016 tour was voted Pollstar’s Comedy Tour of the Year. Schumer was raised in New York City and Long Island and loves her brother and sister the very most. She currently stars in the Hulu series Life & Beth, based on events in Schumer's life.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01CIM1L0U
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books (August 16, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 16, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 55667 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 353 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0008172374

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Amy Schumer has become one of the most influential figures in the entertainment industry as a stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer, and director. Her smash hit television series Inside Amy Schumer, has won a Peabody award, a Critics Choice Television Award, and two primetime Emmy awards. She wrote and starred in her first feature-length film, Trainwreck, which dominated the 2015 summer comedy international box office and was nominated for two Golden Globes and won both the Critics Choice award for Best Actress in a Comedy, and a Hollywood Film Award for “Comedy of the Year.” As a stand-up comedian, she continues to perform to sold-out audiences around the world. Her 2016 tour was voted Pollstar’s Comedy Tour of the Year. Schumer was raised in New York City and Long Island and loves her brother and sister the very most.

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Alice

Amy Goes Deep--And Stays Funny

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2016

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"I've never been a smile and nod type of girl, nor have I ever been one to get out of the kitchen."

I'm probably like a lot of the people who will read this book. I've always counted myself as an Amy Schumer fan, although I haven't seen Trainwreck and am like a season behind Inside Amy Schumer. I read obsessively every female comedian memoir as soon as it comes out. (For the record, the best is Bossypants, followed by Is Everyone Hanging Out... and Girl Walks Into a Bar.) I was a little nervous going into this book because I've been disappointed by the recent spate of female comedian essay books, and reading the first chapter of this book only made me more nervous. Amy jumps right in with a "Letter to My Vagina," skipping the usual "Hi there Reader" introduction. I was worried I wouldn't be able to connect with her as an author, and that the book might be full of over the top "let me shock you!" moments.

I was wrong on both counts. Oh, sure, Amy doesn't skimp on the sex stuff, but the book is as tasteful as I could imagine Amy Schumer writing. Yes, it's funny-- Amy's voice comes through on the page well, so you can imagine the dry way she says one thing or the way she might SHOUT something else, and there are plenty of clever little asides that you have to highlight. But what I liked most about this book was something else: its honesty.

Honesty is something that I think is rarely done well in these kinds of books, and attempts to do it can make the author seem false or pretentious. It sunk, for me, at least two high-profile memoirs in recent years. But Amy Schumer tells it like it is in a way that really connected with me. When someone is famous it's easy to think you know them, or even worse, own them. I thought I knew Amy Schumer, but I didn't. I didn't know about the non consensual way she lost her virginity, or her abusive relationship, or her relationship with both parents. I knew a public image, but Amy goes past that in this book to incredible effect.

The "serious" chapters are honestly among the book's best. Some people might say that how Amy lost her virginity isn't that bad, but Amy tells it in such a simple, devastating way that the effect it had on her, and how unacceptable it was, is clear. Same with the "The Worst Night of My Life" chapter. There is a chapter about the shooting that occurred during a showing of "Trainwreck" which gives focus to the victims and doesn't shy away from gun control (which I assume might be part of the reason this site is flooded with fake one star reviews). One of my favorite chapters retells her famous "I've got to get me out of here" speech and adds a later anecdote about being set up by a matchmaker for "Amy Goes Deep" who only took into account Amy's looks. Brutual honesty is often offset by gentle humor so it's never "too much" to read.

Back to the funny-- I loved the bits from Amy's diaries, with present-day commentary, and her recounting of the last time she got blackout drunk. I'm going to do something I never do and buy the Audiobook of a book I've already read, just because I want to hear this all in Amy's own voice.

In sum and in short: if you liked any female comedian essay collections, from Bossypants to How to Be A Woman, read this one immediately. It's absolutely among the best.

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Candid, hilarious, with an important message

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2016

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I gave this autobiography four stars because it is so honest and spares seemingly no detail about even unflattering or unsavory events in Ms. Schumer's life, all the while remaining very, very funny. Also anyone curious about the process of how to get good as a live performer will like how vividly she evokes the backbreaking and lengthy apprenticeship she had as a novice comedian in order to get as expert as she currently is. A quibble I have is that the writing is a little bland. A more serious issue I have is that the book's handling of female body image insecurity and unfair societal beauty standards. She will veer between hilarious one-liners in which she skewers her own looks and then paragraphs where she attacks our relentlessly enforced cookie-cutter beauty ideal and says that she, and in fact all women, is also beautiful and we should never feel ashamed of our looks. I am oversimplifying but not by much. It is a dual message she never resolves. Lastly, some of her fun at the expense of others feels deserved but some of it feels unnecessarily harsh. You have the sense that she doesn't always have the greatest radar for how cutting she can be, or, worse yet, feels subtly entitled to not care. Her toughness and thick skin are clearly necessary assets, I get it, and her description about how important to her future success acquiring them were, even if it be via unconventional means such as learning in her teens how to shoplift copiously, is a classic if quirky bit of wisdom to add to the feminist canon. But, please, a little more care with the claws--some of the poor schlubs who are the target of her takedowns really seem too pathetic to have earned such vitriol. Notwithstanding, such moments are fortunately few, and far outnumbered by the times she writes about even very fraught emotional encounters with tact and sensitivity. If you are an ambitious woman who enjoys learning how other women managed to put a successful career together you will especially enjoy this book, but any Amy Schumer fan will enjoy learning about her background and being treated to her humor in spades. The generous selection of family photographs is a special treat.

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Snapdragon

The life and thoughts of a sensible comedian

Reviewed in Australia on March 15, 2019

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Amy Schumer has had an interesting life and as she describes in this book, it hasn’t always been easy. Both her parents married three times and did damage in various ways. She’s honest about the impact and wise enough now to set healthy boundaries while still loving them. Her father has MS, which gave rise to an unfortunate lack of bowel control. As in her stage acts, she talks a lot about sex too, detailing some less than stellar experiences. At one stage it became clear that the relationship she was in was abusive and that if she valued her life she needed to get out. She has a lot of very sane things to say about the subject of female self-acceptance. It’s also clear that she has always had a great work ethic and having decided to make a career out of comedy, worked her butt off through highs and lows, putting in the hard yards. Like many a creative person, and despite having a reputation as sassy and loud, she’s actually an introvert, needing to withdraw and meditate to stay together. After a cinema shooting where her movie was showing, she began to work on gun violence and includes at the end ways in which people can get involved and a list of politicians who’ve taken money from the gun lobby. Her love for her siblings and friends also shines through. All in all, it’s a great story of a funny lady and her getting of wisdom.

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Scotia

The "Trainwreck" has produced one survivor who still a lot to say.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2017

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This is a very honest biography of Amy's life to date. Although peppered by a great deal of humour there is no doubting a rich vein of sincerity in the many issues that the book touches on. There is a refreshing candor to the way that she describes her upbringing, her parents' relationship problems and the disintegration of what many would consider the ideal family, together with later failures in her own relationships. Likewise she is unapologetic when discussing her own promiscuity and issues with alcohol. What no-one sees coming is that Amy, who is known to all as one tough cookie, somehow becomes trapped in the worst type of relationship. It is a testament to her that she manages to recover from this situation and now helps other women to do the same. So, what sustains Amy? It is the genuine love and affection that she feels for her sister her father, her colleagues and her fans.

However don't go buying this book for your maiden aunt as she may well not appreciate the bawdy humour throughout. I loved it and I am sure many of you will too. I hardly know her as a stand-up or TV personality but I am deeply impressed by her downright determination and hard work, with an often punishing schedule of gigs crossing America several times over.

She is a success and had worked her backside off to get it. The "Trainwreck" has produced one survivor who still a lot to say.

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JodiR

3.5 Stars

Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2016

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I write this book as someone who is not a huge fan of her work - I didn't find the movie 'Trainwreck' super awesome, I fell asleep during it, and her comedy is a little 'too much' for me at times. That said, I do admire her work ethic and drive to be a success and this book gives you a look into her life (as much as any celebrity will really divulge) that gives you a glimpse into who she is and how she became the success she is today.

She is not a cookie cutter Hollywood Barbie Doll and makes no apologies for this and as with anyone who is willing to be opinionated and/or different she is going to have 'trolls'/haters/bullies and she seems to be able to take this in stride.

This is not some life changing book, it is a humorous book about a celebrity you may or may not like. I am thinking that if you like her, you will probably enjoy this.

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Amazon Kunde

lighthearted and very honest stories about Amy Schumers life

Reviewed in Germany on February 24, 2017

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I always loved amy schumers stand up comedy! but when I came across her book I was hesitating to buy it because I wasn't sure if and how that comedy would transfer into the written word. Having said that, I really enjoyed reading this book!! No, it isnt stand up comedy and not the funniest thing I ever read, but it is a really great book with lots of interesting, refreshingly honest, often funny, sometimes sad and very different stories about her life and her early years. She tackles I wide range of topics, doesnt shy away from the really personal stuff and things others would be embarrassed to admit. Because every chapter stands (mostly) on its own, I admit that I put the book down in between reading. Sometimes for a few days. But I always enjoyed coming back to it. I always had it in my handbag and enjoyed reading a few chapters when I was travelling/ on the road/ during a break at work...
I found it to be a great read: it is a lighthearted, funny, very honest and inspiring book! I can only remmond it (I already lend it to a friend :-))

Shelley O'Shea

Funny, entertaining and heartfelt read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2022

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I loved this book and if you are a fan of Amy's comedy, you will enjoy it too. She talks about heavy topics without being overwhelming.

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